Manual

732 Chapter 33 Working With Notation
Choosing a Quantize Value for Swing Notation
For regular swing notation, 8,12 should be used as Quantize parameter. This enables
the display of eighth-note triplets, and also displays two uneven notes on one beat
(dotted eighth and sixteenth), as regular eighth notes.
For double-time passages containing sixteenth notes, you either need to:
 Cut the MIDI region in the Arrange area, and assign a higher quantize value to the
new MIDI region (that contains the double-time figure).
 Use hidden artificial N-tuplets for the sixteenth notes (see “Creating and Editing N-
Tuplets” on page 700).
For swinging sixteenth notes (shuffle funk, hip hop, and so on), the same principle
applies. In this case, Quantize would be set to 16,24.
Fixing the Score Quantize Value
The Functions > Quantization > Fix Displayed Note Positions and Fix Displayed Note
Positions and Durations commands can be used to fix the display quantization of all
MIDI events in the project. These commands may be useful for exporting projects
(complete with display quantize settings) to other notation programs that don’t feature
display quantization.
Interpretation
If Interpretation is enabled, notes are generally displayed with longer length values than
their actual length, in order to avoid short rests. Short notes on a downbeat in 4/4 time,
for example, are displayed as quarter notes. The score becomes less precise as a result,
but is easier to read.
If Interpretation is disabled, note lengths are displayed as close as possible to their real
values, as determined by the Quantize value. In the following example, the same MIDI
region is shown twice, the first with Interpretation disabled, the second enabled:
The Interpretation function is intended to produce an easy-to-read score display of real
time recordings. You should generally switch it off when using step or mouse input.